At the Victoria School District

BY FOREST KRUUS

During the busy bustle of flight training, both of us, Chia-Hua (Phoebe) Lee and Forest Kruus, were asked by our Instructor if we were willing to attend a booth for the VFC. The Greater Victoria School District (SD.61) had organized a massive career fair for their entire district.

Our objective was simple; To inform students that Flight School as a postsecondary education was available in Victoria itself through the VFC and to give them a general outline on what flight training looks like. As Flight Instructor candidates who had recently gone through our CPL's, we had plenty of recent experience to answer any questions thrown at us.

To say that it was a success would be an understatement. We came armed with dozens of handouts containing information, costs, and contact information.

By the end of the seventh hour, we were horse in the voice without any pamphlets left relying on our tablets and the website. We ensured teachers, who had no idea we existed, had information to give their future students who want to become pilots and had guided those students so, if they so chose, knew how to start a career in aviation.